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         2                      IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

         3                FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

         4                          CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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         6        ANGELY MARIE BAEZ, A MINOR,: NOVEMBER TERM, 1999
                  BY AND THROUGH HER NATURAL :
         7        PARENT AND GUARDIAN, MARIA :
                  BARBER, IN HER OWN RIGHT   :
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                         VS.                 :
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                  TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL,:
        10        DRS. ANDREW ROSEN, VALERIE :
                  WHITEMAN, KIM PHONG DANG,  :
        11        MOHAMMED EL-MALLAH, BERNICE:
                  DUESLER, JOAN TAULANE      : NO. 0903
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                                       AUGUST 20, 2002
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                                  COURTROOM 243, CITY HALL
        16                       PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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        18        BEFORE:  HONORABLE ALLAN L. TERESHKO, J.
                                         AND A JURY
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        23                     GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
                               COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
        24                     OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
 
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         6                     JOSEPH ARMENTI & ASSOCIATES
                               BY:  JOSEPH R. ARMENTI, ESQUIRE
         7                     COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

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                               MYLOTTE, DAVID & FITZPATRICK
        10                     BY:  CHARLES A. FITZPATRICK, III, ESQUIRE
                                    MICHAEL G. SABO, ESQUIRE
        11                     COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANTS

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         4        WITNESSES:
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         6        DR. JOHN R. SEALS       5        13       64
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                  DR. KIM PHONG DANG               67       108
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         2                         MORNING_SESSION
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         5                     (THE FOLLOWING TRANSPIRED IN OPEN

         6               COURT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         7                           THE COURT:  CALL YOUR NEXT

         8               WITNESS.

         9                           MR. ARMENTI:  WE WILL CALL DR.

        10               JOHN SEALS, YOUR HONOR.

        11                           THE COURT:  GOOD MORNING,

        12               EVERYONE.

        13                           COURT CRIER:  PLEASE STATE YOUR

        14               FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD.

        15                           THE WITNESS:  JOHN RAYMOND

        16               SEALS.

        17                           COURT CRIER:  PLACE YOUR RIGHT

        18               HAND ON THE BIBLE.

        19                     DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOU WILL ANSWER

        20               TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS PUT TO YOU

        21               TOUCHING THE MATTER NOW BEFORE THIS COURT

        22               SO HELP YOU GOD?

        23                           THE WITNESS:   I DO.

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         3                        DIRECT EXAMINATION

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         5        BY MR. ARMENTI:

         6        Q.     GO